Vladimir Šterk

Residential and commercial corner building Rosinger - Jungwirth, designed by Šterk in 1930. – 1931.

Vladimir Šterk (5 January 1891 – 6 March 1941) was a well-known Croatian architect.

Family and education Šterk was born into a Jewish family, to father Vjekoslav-Alois Šterk and mother Lina (née Jelinek). In Zagreb he finished elementary school and graduated from the Gymnasium. Šterk participated in the World War I and was imprisoned in Russia, where he studied Russian wooden vernacular architecture. He attended the Czech Technical University in Prague from which he graduated on March 19, 1921.

Career After graduation he worked in the technical office of construction company "Špiller, Juzbašić and Šurina". From 1921 until 1923 he was employed at the office of Ignjat Fischer. For some time Šterk worked in the Zagreb construction office. He was one of the first assistant at the Technical university in Zagreb and one of the founding board members "Work for the people - a society of the Jewish and Anti-Zionist asimilants in Croatia" which was established in 1922.

Death and personal life Šterk came seriously sick in 1936. He died from leukemia in Zagreb on 6 March 1941 and was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery. His widow Aleksandrina (née Favalle) and sons Vojko and Veljko continued to live in Zagreb until 1949, when they emigrated to Israel.

Works Corner semi-detached business building Slavonija d.d., Savska street (Savska ulica) 23, Zagreb. 1923 Built-in residential building Omega d.d., King Zvonimir street (Ulica Kralja Zvonimira) 3, Zagreb. 1923 - 1924 Built-in residential and commercial building Präger, Ivana Gundulića street (Gundulićeva ulica) 3, Zagreb. 1926 - 1927 Detached residential building Schönbaum, Tuškanac street (Tuškanac) 25, Zagreb. 1926 Corner built-in residential and commercial building Gross, British square (Britanski trg) 12, Zagreb. 1927–1928 Detached residential building Bogdanović, Tuškanac street (Tuškanac) 90, Zagreb. 1927 - 1929 Corner built-in residential building Draganec, King Petar Krešimir IV square (Trg Kralja Petra Krešimira IV) 17, Zagreb. 1927 - 1928 Remodeling of the built-in residential building Jureša, Gjuro Deželić boulevard (Prilaz Gjure Deželića) 43, Zagreb. 1928 - 1931